Scientific Atheism in East Germany (1963-1990) - How to Turn a Hare Into a Lion

This book offers an in-depth, archive-based analysis of 'scientific atheism', focused on the development of the field in the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

List of contents

Acknowledgements
List of acronyms and abbreviations
Note on sources and spelling
Introduction
1 Atheism, sciences and the introduction of scientific atheism in Eastern Germany
2 East German scientific atheism unveiling its contents in the 1960s
3 Scientific atheists as actors of atheisation in the 1960s
4 Recovery, upswing and upper limit of scientific atheism in the 1970s and 1980s
5 Lectures on scientific atheism in the GDR against widespread indifference
6 Scientific atheism in the 1970s, between conflicts with religion and cooperation with believers
7 Towards a theoretical renewal of scientific atheism and new commitments in society in the 1980s
Conclusion

About the author

Eva Guigo-Patzelt is an associate member of CéSor - Centre d'études en sciences sociales du religieux (EHESS/CNRS) in France and a project lead within the Explaining Atheism Programme led by Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland.

Summary

This book offers an in-depth, archive-based analysis of ‘scientific atheism’, focused on the development of the field in the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Product details

• Authors: Eva Guigo-Patzelt
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032700960
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3270096-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Politics & government, History of Religion, Religion & politics, Politics and government, Religion and Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State, East Germany, Ddr